A 60-year-old man with diabetes and peripheral vascular disease presents with a chronic foot ulcer over the first metatarsal head. The ulcer probes to...

Question

A 60-year-old man with diabetes and peripheral vascular disease presents with a chronic foot ulcer over the first metatarsal head. The ulcer probes to bone, and X-ray shows cortical erosion. He is afebrile. What is the most likely diagnosis?

Accepted Answer

Osteomyelitis of the foot

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Cellulitis

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Charcot neuroarthropathy only

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Venous stasis ulcer

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Pressure ulcer without infection

us-abfm MCQ (SBA): Diabetic Foot Osteomyelitis

A 60-year-old man with diabetes and peripheral vascular disease presents with a chronic foot ulcer over the first metatarsal head. The ulcer probes to bone, and X-ray shows cortical erosion. He is afebrile. What is the most likely diagnosis?